Some more useless and irrelevant baseball information:

What 5 states have produced the most major league players?

In order, they are California, Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois and Ohio. I was surprised that Florida was only 13th.

Besides the U.S. the countries that have produced the most players are, in order, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Canada, Venezuela and Cuba.

The Astros have a franchise record of 3,682-3,696 for a .499 clip. If they continue to play well, there is a achance that they could hit an even record this season.

If the Reds continue to lose they may hit the .500 record too in a few years as they are the franchise with a career winning record closest to .500 at 8,357-8,292.

Speaking of the Reds, the much heralded Jay Bruce has recently made his major league debut, going 3 for 3. Here is a link between Bruce and Ty Cobb:

Bruce is a teammate of Griffey, Jr, who was a teammate of Dennis Martinez, who played with Brooks Robinson, who played on a team with Dizzy Trout, who was once a teammate of Charlie Gehringer, who played on the Tigers with Cobb.

Bruce has a nice connection to the all-time hit king, Pete Rose. Bruce plays with Ken Griffey, Jr, who played with Ken Griffey, who played with Pete Rose.